Bridger Underground Coal Mine — Accidents

Total: 241 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/22/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 10th Right Section, #2 Entry, #7 crosscut, in an intersection. The fall measured approximately 17 feet wide by 16 feet long and approximately 8 feet high. The roof fall was...
07/10/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was walking in the 11th Right Section, while walking in muddy conditions, he lifted his foot and felt pain in his back and leg. Further medical examination on 7/24/2013 placed the employee on...
07/08/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a discharge hose from a water pump, the hose end flew up and struck employee in the face. The laceration required stitches to close.
06/06/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost 2 employees were dragging a pump, controller and power cable along the offside of the belt, Employee tripped and tried to catch himself. Within doing so he hurt his lower back.
05/14/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the longwall recovery face in 8th Right section crosscut #10, the fall was over anchorage. Dimensions of fall are approximately 27'long x 5'wide and height is unknown. The fall...
03/23/2013 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was walking between 220 and scoop which had roof mats loaded on it. He was watching his footing and never seen the roof mats. He ran into them, cutting his face.
02/27/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall in the 9th Right Section. Crosscut #13, #3 entry. Roof fall was approximately 18 feet wide, 17 feet in length and approximately 8 feet high.
02/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was walking down the beltline entry, he slipped and reached out to catch himself. He doing so he grabbed beltline components and hurt his shoulder. He has been placed on restricted duty.
02/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a ""T"" off of the water line, after the ""T"" was removed the water line came up and struck the employee in the face. The employee received a laceration to the face and required...
01/23/2013 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost He stopped #504GR to tighten the radiator cap. when he tried to tighten the cap it blew off and the fluid hit him in the face.
01/17/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted While carrying a 50 pound bag of rock dust, employee slipped on his right foot causing employee to hurt his back. He has been placed on restricted duty.
12/20/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost The employee was pulling a belt back together with a come-a-long. When the employee released the come-a-long the come-a-long spun rapidly and struck the employee in the jaw.
12/17/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was standing beside scoop with his hand on the frame work of the scoop. He told operator to retract push plate, his finger was caught between frame and push plate. Wound required stitches to...
10/30/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was loading roof mesh and stepped off mesh onto crib block rolling his right ankle.
10/05/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A small piece of roof rock fell and struck employee on side of head as well as on his left shoulder. Late reporting due to investigation and acquiring of medical diagnosis.
09/24/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Employee was preparing to task train another employee, the injured employee started a 3.5 scoop, the machine turned and pinched the employee.
09/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 93d restricted Employee was trying to install a Tee at the water tank, he took the hose off and started to take check valve off when some air pressure finished blowing the valve off striking the employee.
09/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 12d restricted Employee was retrieving a bag of rock dust, bent down and when he stood up with the bag of rock dust he twisted his back.
08/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 7d restricted Employee was helping in the loading of bolting supplies onto the roof bolter. The tray was partially loaded onto the bolter with the remaining portion resting on the push plate of the scoop. The tray...
06/12/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was changing a hose on a longwall shield, shield was locked out. An adjacent shield moved causing some motion to the shield being worked on. Employee's foot was pinched and fractured a toe. H...
06/05/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While opening cable jacket on shuttle car cable, the knife slipped and cut employee's finger. The laceration required stitches to close.
05/30/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While setting up the #1 entry for production, a piece of rib fell and struck employee. He received a laceration to his leg, the wound required stitches to close.
05/30/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost After drilling first drill steel he put in second one. When bringing the drill box down along with the steels, the top one fell out of the bottom steel and the room. The drill steel hit the right ey...
05/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was helping in the fixing of a feeder breaker chain, in this process the chain slipped and pinched his finger between two links of the chain. The finger was fractured and he was placed on res...
05/02/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Chipping rock floor with jack hammer, moved hammer and rested it on left foot, hit trigger and pushed hammer into left big toe.
03/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stacking cribbing material along with other employees. The injured miner had just stacked a crib block when another employee stacked a crib block, the block cut the employee's finger, the...
03/13/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was lowering mesh on the longwall face with the use of a hand winch. The employee released the winch, the handle of the winch struck the employee in the hand, this action fractured a bone on...
02/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 2d restricted MN xc #8 belt line painting numbers on stoppings when his boot got stuck in the mud wrenching his back. It was on the 4 to 5xc side of the belt. He was trying to pull his boot out of the mud when he t...
02/06/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Setting timber in 8th right crosscut 37 and a piece of coal fell and hit EE in the head causing him to fall to the floor. Employee complained of hurt shoulder right side. The piece of coal measured ap...
01/25/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After sliding a steel I-Beam, employee stood up and a piece of rock struck him in the head, this knocked him down and he struck his face on the steel beam. He received stitches to close the wound and...
12/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was setting up to grade structure on the main west belt. EE was hanging a come along while standing on a ladder when he slipped and fell off. He landed face first, and injured his lower back. The l...
12/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was hanging tube when the end fell out sucking him toward the fan, and hitting his chin. EE received a laceration to the chin and required stitches. EE was wearing his hard hat, safety boots, ear p...
12/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall at crosscut #10, #3 entry of the 6th Right Section. Approximate dimensions are 16 foot by 12 feet wide and 8 to 9 feet high.
12/03/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost Employee was cleaning up around the head gate area of the longwall, a timber broke/fell and struck employee in the back causing a aggravation of an old injury. He was originally fully released from th...
11/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Two employees were lifting a piece of 1"" plate steel, they were carrying it from the ground into the back of a pick up truck. One employee slipped in the snow, this allowed the plate to fall onto the...
10/25/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall at crosscut #1 of the 7th Right Mains Section. The fall was in the #3 beltline entry. Dimensions are approximately 19 feet, by 19 feet and approximately 13 feet high.
10/22/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 3d restricted Packing roller MW#21 tripped with roller on shoulder, fell, roller struck right hand cutting pinky finger on joint that connects to hand.
10/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting in the 8th right section installing belt hangers in the mine roof. Employee was trying to recover a belt hanger from a bent roof bolt when the hanger fell of the bolt striki...
08/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE reports he was shoveling on the tailgate of the long wall when they heard some rock falling and took off running and tripped over one of the shoes on the longwall system falling and straining his n...
08/13/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 73d restricted While pushing in panline in the tailgate with shield 130 and 129, a piece of rock fell over gob plate and struck employee in knee. Late reporting due to further needed medical evaluation. He has been...
08/03/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost EE was cleaning under the belt with a ditch which. He then went to scoop another load when the back of the machine lifted and pinched his finger on a bracket. From the bracket to the floor is 54""....
07/15/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a razor knife to open a jacket on a electrical cable, he was cutting away from himself but the knife slipped cutting his thumb. Stitches were used to close the cut.
06/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking down the longwall face, employee tripped and hit his finger on a piece of coal, fracturing his little finger. Late reporting due employee not seeking medical attention until 06/30/2011
04/11/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in the 6th Right Section at crosscut #56, #2 entry. The fall was approximately 9 to 10 feet high, and approximately 16 feet by 16 feet.
03/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While roof bolting and helping to move miner cable, employee felt something in his eye. His eye was washed out several times, on March 11th, employee sought medical attention, a small piece of materia...
02/28/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall in the Main West Section. Location is between entries #4 and #5, crosscut #33 of the Main West Section. Fall is approximately 10 feet high, 30 feet long, 14 feet wide.
11/10/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While welding some hot slag fell onto some water on the mine floor. The water caused the slag to pop back up behind employee's welding helmet and safety glasses. The employee received a prescription f...
11/03/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost A piece of coal struck employee in ankle. Medical was sought, no fracture, told ankle would get better, full release. Ankle not getting better, appointment was scheduled with orthopedic DR., before a...
10/12/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall at crosscut #9 in the #2 entry of 5th Right Section. The roof fall was in the intersection.
10/01/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 186d lost Employee was operating a cansetter, hit a small drop off causing the employee to strike his head against cab of machine. Doctor excused employee from work.